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On the same day, He Kee raised the price of cotton yarn to 87 Wen, and at the same time, there was no cotton yarn retail in the market, and small traders and farmers sold cotton yarn to He Kee or the Zhou family.

And the Liu family has stopped buying cotton yarn a long time ago, although Zou Ji has risen to eighty-seven Wen, although the façade is still maintaining the acquisition, but in fact there is not much cotton yarn purchased.

The strange thing is that the Zhou family quietly raised the price to eighty-seven Wen the next day, and there was no intention of continuing the price war with the He family, and still maintained the purchase of a small amount of cotton yarn. A large number of folded cotton yarns on the market have flowed to the He family.

In this state, He Peijia was satisfied, and also maintained no more price increases in the price of eighty-seven Wen.

In this way, in addition to the withdrawal of the Liu family in the market, the He family, the Zhou family, and the Zou family are still in a three-legged state, but they are all maintained at the price of eighty-seven Wen, and they are in a relatively balanced state.

This situation lasted for half a month, and He Ji's silver taels began to be in a hurry.

This time, the shopkeeper Gu found He Peijia, "The owner, we don't have much silver, only enough to last two days." ”

"How's the cloth doing?" He Peijia asked.

"Most of the external management has been managed, but the market is saturated, and no matter how much the price is reduced, it will not be able to sell." Shopkeeper Gu said helplessly.

At this time, He Peijia felt a little uneasy in his heart, the cotton yarn on the market continued to flow to He Ji, and the warehouse was already full of cotton yarn, and now there were more than 50,000 horses, with a total value of nearly 400,000 taels of silver, which was almost two-thirds of He Ji's total assets. However, the Zhou family is not in a hurry and is still buying cotton yarn.

He Peijia rotated the walnut in his hand quickly, thinking quickly about countermeasures in his mind. And the shopkeeper Gu, who was standing at the bottom, also saw the uneasiness of the owner, and a dense layer of fine sweat oozed from the foreheads of both of them in April.

After thinking for a while, He Peijia finally spoke, "From tomorrow, the cotton cloth in stock will be sold at cost price, and at the same time, the cotton yarn accumulated in the warehouse will be quietly sold outward, pay attention to sell it secretly, and don't let the Zhou family and the Zou family find out." ”

Speaking of this, Shopkeeper Gu understood what his owner meant, and still asked in a low voice, "Does the owner mean to quietly resell the cotton yarn to the warehouses of the Zhou family and the Zou family?" ”

"yes, that's what it means." He Peijia replied confidently.

"Then can we still accept cotton yarn?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"Of course, you only need to maintain a balance, you can collect more and collect less, and quietly clear the inventory." He Peijia explained.

The shopkeeper Gu gave a thumbs up again and praised, "The owner is smart!" ”

In this way, three days passed, He Ji secretly shipped on the one hand, and maintained the purchase on the other side. However, although the Zhou family and the Zou family were acquired, the quality was very demanding. In two days, only more than 1,000 loads of fine cotton yarn in the He family's warehouse flowed into the other two.

However, even such a good situation did not last long, on the fourth day of the sudden change of wind and clouds, the Liu family suddenly played a large number of high-quality cotton yarn arrived, high quality and low price signboards, the price was clearly marked wholesale six taels of silver per quintal, retail seventy-three wen a catty. At the same time, it was reported that a new spinning mill had been established in Hejia Town, Juzhou, and cotton yarn had begun to supply the market in large quantities. Now it has been shipped in large quantities to Jiangnan and Zhoucun!

On the same day, the Zhou family stopped buying cotton yarn, and the signboard was played on the cloth village, and a large number of wide cotton cloth was listed, one horse was on top of two horses, and the price of narrow cotton cloth was comparable. At present, due to the low price of a large number of cotton cloth shipments from Ho Kee Cloth Village, the price of cloth has not been high, and has recently been maintained at the level of one or two silver horses. Zhou Ji Cloth Zhuang set the price at 129 coins of silver a horse, but it was slightly lower than the price of He Ji Cloth Village.

As soon as these two pieces of news came out, the entire Zhou Village was shocked!

When He Peijia heard these two news, the walnut in his hand fell to the ground in shock, and he was speechless for a while! I was stunned for a long time before I said eagerly, "Quickly contact the Jiangnan in Zhou Village to buy the price, our cotton yarn is sold at a reduced price, and each load is also six taels or seven dollars of silver!" It's okay if you don't have six or five dollars! Fast! Just go!

Shopkeeper Gu agreed, got up and walked out quickly, and before he went out, he turned around and asked, "Dongjia, where is the cloth?" Is there still a price reduction? ”

"Don't worry about the cloth for now, sell the cotton yarn!" He Peijia shouted angrily.

Gao Xushan is a cotton merchant in Songjiang Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River, and every year he buys a large amount of cotton yarn from Zhoucun and sells it to Songjiang, and then transports Songjiang's cotton cloth to Zhoucun for sale.

Gao Xushan's business is a big in, basically not retail, but recently he ran into trouble, after coming to Zhou Village, he found that the cotton yarn in Zhou Village rose sharply, and the He family, who cooperated all year round, only collected and did not sell. As a result, he lived in Zhou Village for nearly 20 days and did not get the cotton yarn he wanted.

Just when he was about to return in vain, the news suddenly came that Liu Ji was selling a large amount of cotton yarn. He didn't dare to waste time, and immediately went to Liu Ji Commercial Bank, and a big customer like him was naturally received by the big shopkeeper Zhou Cunren.

After the two sat down in the main hall in the backyard, Boss Gao couldn't wait to ask, "Shopkeeper Zhou, I heard that there is Dali cotton yarn for sale here, can you take a look at the sample?" ”

"Of course you can, this time the goods are guaranteed to be satisfied!" Zhou Cunren said confidently. It was the first time he had seen such a good cotton yarn, so he was very confident in his goods. It was he who instructed the men to bring more than a dozen samples of specifications.

When he saw these samples, he was immediately stunned by such a good cotton yarn. He has been engaged in this business for more than 20 years, and it is the first time he has seen such uniform cotton yarn, not only uniform thickness, but also many specifications, these new specifications of cotton yarn are finer than the finest cotton yarn on the market now. In other words, with this cotton yarn, you can weave cotton cloth as delicate as silk!

"Shopkeeper Zhou, is this batch of goods in your bank like samples?" Boss Gao asked worriedly.

"Boss Gao, please rest assured, our batch of goods is like this, and the samples are not deliberately selected." Shopkeeper Zhou said with a smile.

"How many goods do you have?" What's the price? Boss Gao then asked.

"Now a total of 3,000 horses have arrived, with different specifications and different prices, with an average price of six taels or seven dollars a load." Shopkeeper Zhou replied.

When Gao Xushan heard this price, he was overjoyed. The price is reasonable, comparable to the price of more than a year ago. He immediately said with satisfaction, "Great, since the shopkeeper Zhou is refreshing, I can't drag the mud and water." According to the price that Shopkeeper Zhou said, I will ask for 1,000 quintals first. When I come back from Jiangnan, I will sign a long-term cooperation contract with Shopkeeper Zhou! ”

In just one cup of tea, a big business was negotiated. Gao Xushan was in a good mood, and after signing a contract with the shopkeeper Zhou and paying the deposit, he left Liu Ji Cotton Company.

Outside the shop of Liu Kee Cotton Store, some small traders and farmers heard that the cotton yarn here was of good quality and cheap, so they came to buy it one after another, and there was a long queue outside the store for a while. During the waiting time in line, these began to be discussed

"I heard from my neighbors that the quality of the Liu family's cotton yarn this time is surprisingly good, the thickness is very even, and some of the yarn is as thin as a hair, which is not much thicker than silk. Say how smooth and thin the cloth woven with this cotton yarn should be, and how sweat-absorbing and cool it should be worn in summer! A woman who had come to buy cotton yarn said loudly in the ranks. Apparently an experienced weaver farmer.

"That's right, what kind of skillful hands can spin such a good cotton yarn." Another woman in line also said.

"I don't know, I heard that this batch of goods is very large, I don't know where the Liu family bought it from, I'm afraid that only the Weaver Girl in the sky can spin such a good cotton yarn." The woman said again.

In the main hall of Zou Kee, Zou Zhengsheng and Li Zhoucheng also discussed countermeasures to the sudden changes. Zou Zhengsheng was secretly glad that he had decided. Through these days, the stock of cotton yarn in his warehouse has been greatly reduced.

Li Zhoucheng first said to the owner: "The owner is really prescient this time and has taken precautions. Otherwise, we will lose a lot this time. ”

Zou Zhengsheng smiled proudly, stroked his beard and said, "The old man has already said that the He family in Juzhou is not so easy to deal with, where is He Peijia's old boy his opponent." Look, I expected that, right? ”

Li Zhoucheng thought to himself, when did he say such a thing? I'm really going to put gold on my face! However, he said flatteringly: "The owner is wise! ”

Zou Zhengsheng nodded with satisfaction, and then stroked his beard and asked, "How much cotton yarn is there in the warehouse now?" ”

Li Zhoucheng happily replied, "There are less than eight hundred loads of good cotton yarn, and the rest have arrived in the He family's warehouse." ”

"Have you ever calculated whether we made or lost this time?" Zou Zhengsheng asked with satisfaction.

Li Zhoucheng said with a smile: "At the beginning, our purchase price was six taels or four dollars to seven taels and two dollars, and in the end they were all sold for seven or two seven dollars to eight two or seven dollars. After calculating the expenses, he was equal to the income, but he also earned 800 quintals of cotton yarn from Curry. ”

Zou Zhengsheng laughed proudly when he heard this, in this business war, there is no doubt that he is not a loser, although he does not make much, but he did not offend the He family, and made money, isn't it beautiful!

And the biggest loser, of course, is He Peijia, who wants to keep the status of the boss of Zhoucun Cotton Bank and covets the He family's new textile machine. Now his warehouse is full of 50,000 quintals of cotton yarn, and there are less than 2,000 taels of silver left in his account, and the rest is pressed in 50,000 quintals of cotton yarn. Now He Peijia's only hope is to dispose of the cotton yarn at a reduced price, even if he loses a little silver, he can accept it.

Gu shopkeeper waited for a long time in the inn where Gao Xushan lived, and still did not see Gao Xushan, a few days ago Gao Xushan found him and asked to buy a thousand cotton yarn at the price of seven taels of silver, Gu shopkeeper was instructed by He Peijia to refuse him. No matter what Gao Xushan said, he didn't agree. Now he had to bother him with a shy face and ask him to buy some of his own cotton yarn.

After waiting for an hour, Shopkeeper Gu saw Gao Xushan coming from outside humming a little song, and he hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile on his face, "Oops, Boss Gao!" I've been waiting for a long time, and finally it's here. ”

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